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Hawks meet top-ranked Lakers in NCAA Regional

Eighth-seeded Rockhurst, 11-7-2, will meet top-ranked team in the country, Grand Valley State (20-0-1), on Friday, November 9, at 2 p.m. EST in a first-round game in the NCAA Midwest Regional at the Grand Valley State's Laker Soccer Field in Allendale, Michigan. This the Hawks' fourth trip to Grand Valley State for the NCAA Tournament in the last seven years.
 
GLVC CHAMPIONS: Rockhurst captured its first Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament Championship on Sunday, defeating Bellarmine 1-0 in overtime in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Senior midfielder Maddie Dierkes scored the winning goal in the 98th minute. Rockhurst won a shootout (4-3) over Southern Indiana in the semifinals of the GLVC Tournament on November 2. The Hawks opened the GLVC Tournament with a 2-0 win at McKendree on October 28.
 
POSTSEASON HONORS: Four players from Rockhurst earned 2018 All-Great Lakes Valley Conference honors. Junior forward Stephanie Ostrander was named the GLVC Offensive Player of the Year and was a First Team selection. Ostrander leads the GLVC with 12 goals and 29 points. Freshman midfielder McKenna Leetch was named Co-Freshman of the Year in the GLVC. Leetch and her twin sister, Jillian Leetch, were both named to the All-GLVC Second Team. McKenna (7 goals, 3 assists) and Jillian (2 goals, 7 assists) have combined for nine goals and 10 assists. Senior midfielder Maddie Dierkes (3 goals, 3 assists) was a Third Team All-GLVC honoree.
 
COACH GREG HERDLICK: Herdlick has guided the Rockhurst women's soccer program for the past
20 seasons. The Hawks have posted 17 winning seasons under Herdlick, who has an overall record of 212-126-36 and is the 26th winningest active coach in NCAA Division II (going into the 2018 season). Herdlick has guided the Hawks to 115 conference wins and 13 GLVC Tournament appearances in their first 14 seasons in the GLVC. Rockhurst advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history in 2008 and returned again in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016.

Rockhurst NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament Results (2-5-0)

2016
Missouri-St. Louis 1, Rockhurst 0 @Allendale, Michigan

2013
Rockhurst 2, Truman State 0 @Allendale, Michigan
Grand Valley State 5, Rockhurst 0 @Allendale, Michigan

2012
Rockhurst 3, Bellarmine (Ky.) 0 @Allendale, Michigan
Grand Valley State 3, Rockhurst 1 @Allendale, Michigan

2011
Bellarmine (Ky.) 3, Rockhurst 0 @Highland Heights, Kentucky

2008
Northern Kentucky 1, Rockhurst 0 @Somers, Wisconsin
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Players Mentioned

Maddie Dierkes

#21 Maddie Dierkes

M
5' 6"
Senior
Jillian Leetch

#14 Jillian Leetch

M
5' 9"
Sophomore
McKenna Leetch

#9 McKenna Leetch

M
5' 9"
Redshirt Freshman
Stephanie Ostrander

#19 Stephanie Ostrander

F/ D
5' 2"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Maddie Dierkes

#21 Maddie Dierkes

5' 6"
Senior
M
Jillian Leetch

#14 Jillian Leetch

5' 9"
Sophomore
M
McKenna Leetch

#9 McKenna Leetch

5' 9"
Redshirt Freshman
M
Stephanie Ostrander

#19 Stephanie Ostrander

5' 2"
Junior
F/ D